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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1970
Page
2
The article explains over 300 cheese types including natural, processed, and spreads. It classifies natural cheeses by moisture and aging and lists many examples from very hard to soft varieties. It advises reading labels due to differences in fat content and production methods.
The article recalls J F MacDonald credited with witching wells on Buddy Hahn's land with estimates of 1800 to 2000 gallons per minute. It also recounts Neffendorf's green willow twig test and MacDonald's other water and personality quessing uses. AMexico City Rain God carving was moved during a dry season as rain followed the truck into the capital.
Construction begins on the first Texas flood prevention dam under RC&D in Blanco. The project, led by the Soil Conservation Service, costs $92,000 and will create a 30 foot high dam on Town Creek north of Blanco, storing 168 acre feet of floodwater. City of Blanco owns land easement and will operate the completed dam. Pedernales SWCD will aid private landowners with runoff and erosion controls. Lawrence D Krause Construction of New Braunfels is the builder.
County agents outline September garden tasks including bulb beds, dividing perennials such as bearded iris and daylilies, storing gladiolus corms, regular rose spraying for blackspot, and fertilizing chrysanthemums. They advise chill tulip bulbs, select spring blooms, and note gibberellic acid can boost Camellia bloom size and earlier flowering.
The Gillespie County SWCD notes ranch practice with dozing shin oak and using goats to trim brush. Harvey Moellering reports cattle goat grazing, chain saws tall oaks, and brush thinning improving soil moisture and grass growth despite a dry season.
Englewood Cliffs New Jersey announces Frank Martin former Cessna vice president of marketing as president of Aerostar Aircraft and Executive President of Butler Aviation International. Paul S. Depp says Martin will oversee all Aerostar programs from Butler Aviation headquarters.
Central Texas Electric Co operative held its annual meeting at the Llano Community Center on Tuesday night Aug 18 and elected eleven directors for one year terms. New board members include Elmer Bierschwab and E Dean Hopf of Gillespie County and C W Haney of Kerr County.
Zonta Club members gathered for their monthly meeting at Klaerner's with a Dutch treat. Miss Frances Floyd led the business session at Mrs. Julia Beckmann's home and a cash donation was sent to retiring Lt Governor Jane Great fund, plus twenty dollars to Corpus Christi Zonta Club for hurricane relief. Floyd spoke on the July Chicago Zonta International Convention where forty countries and five continents were represented. The draft notice section notes Texas 704 with no inductees and a ceiling not exceeding 195 for 1970 remaining weeks, per Colonel Charles M. Duncan.
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